Taro Yamasaki

Taro Yamasaki won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for his photo essay on life behind bars at Southern Michigan Prison in Jackson, during his tenure with the Detroit Free Press. Since then, Yamasaki has been a frequent contributor to People, producing photo essays that document social and medical issues. His story on Ryan White showed the young man's efforts to champion the rights of AIDS victims before he succumbed to the disease himself. Though not a war photographer by trade, Yamasaki has often covered the impact that conflicts have on innocents, as evidenced by his photo essays of youngsters caught in the crossfire in Nicaragua and refugees on the road in Rwanda. Many people recognize his haunting photo essay in People magazine on the children struggling to survive in a Romanian orphanage. His work has also appeared in Time, Fortune, Life and Sports Illustrated.

Click here to read the interview with Taro Yamasaki on the Digital Journalist website